One of Toronto's oldest and most atmospheric cemeteries, established in 1850 when burials were moved here from an earlier graveyard downtown. The entrance is marked by a much-photographed High Victorian Gothic gatehouse, chapel, and porte-cochère designed by Henry Langley in 1872 — among the finest small Gothic Revival structures in the city.
The grounds are non-denominational and hold the graves of a number of notable Torontonians, including William Lyon Mackenzie, the city's first mayor and leader of the 1837 rebellion. Shaded paths wind among ornate 19th-century monuments and mature trees, and the cemetery flows into the adjoining Riverdale Park. It is a quiet, dignified place for a walk at the north end of Cabbagetown.